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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

April 8, 2021Laurel County, Pulaski County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2021, 6:51 PM EDT for Laurel County, Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2021, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 228 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 354 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

573 
WUUS53 KJKL 082251
SVRJKL
KYC125-199-082315-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0021.210408T2251Z-210408T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
651 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021

The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Laurel County in south central Kentucky...
  East central Pulaski County in south central Kentucky...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 651 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rockcastle
  Springs, or 15 miles southwest of London, moving northeast at 30
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Huxley, Baldrock, Mount Victory, Holly Bay Rec. Area, Rockcastle
  Springs, Bunch, Hightop, Keavy, Lily and Vox.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3703 8443 3718 8424 3702 8407 3695 8424
      3695 8425 3696 8426 3694 8430 3694 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 235DEG 26KT 3701 8432 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HAL
1 follow-up statement
794 
WWUS53 KJKL 082312
SVSJKL

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
712 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021

KYC125-199-082322-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210408T2315Z/
Laurel KY-Pulaski KY-
712 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL AND EAST
CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3703 8443 3718 8424 3702 8407 3695 8424
      3695 8425 3696 8426 3694 8430 3694 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 235DEG 26KT 3707 8422 

$$

HAL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWayne28 min
Apr 8, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPulaski, Rockcastle49 min
Apr 8, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle36 min
Apr 8, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Rockcastle33 min
Apr 8, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPulaski29 min
Apr 8, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLee38 min
Apr 8, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMontgomery28 min
Apr 8, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe25 min
Apr 8, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe25 min
Apr 8, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe25 min
Apr 8, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley49 min
Apr 8, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne21 min
Apr 8, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe31 min
Apr 8, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley31 min
Apr 8, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Knox, Whitley35 min
Apr 8, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe49 min
Apr 8, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Laurel, Owsley29 min
Apr 8, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell51 min
Apr 8, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt26 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.